South Africa's economic growth has been slow since the 1980s due to inefficiencies in the
manufacturing, mining and quarrying, ICT, electricity, gas, and water sectors. This article …

This paper assesses the impact of decarbonization on the energy system and related
employment in South Africa. The cost-minimizing, global energy system model (GENeSYS …

The manufacturing sector accounts for approximately sixteen percent of Gross Domestic
Product and fourteen percent of employment globally, but its relative size in an economy …

This paper evaluates structural change, inequality dynamics, and industrial policy in South
Africa between 1960 and the present day. We find that South Africa experienced growth …

This study sought to examine the impact of the exchange rate on manufacturing
performance in SACU states. The manufacturing sector is an avenue for trade expansion …

This study investigates the drivers of electricity consumption and energy intensity in South
Africa. Relying on annual time series data from 1975–2014, the study examines the effect of …

Earnings growth in South Africa displayed a U-shaped pattern across the earnings
percentiles between 2000 and 2015, resembling wage polarization in the industrialized …

Abstract This paper evaluates South African manufacturing performance over 25 years. It
reports the evolution of five basic variables: employment, mark-ups, exports, domestic sales …

This paper serves to examine whether the growth in labour productivity (LP) in South Africa's
manufacturing sector, following policy reforms after 1994, can be attributed to ICT use. To …

South Africa's stubbornly low labour utilisation rate is an international outlier and a heavy
brake on the ambitions for growth and redistribution published in various strategic policy …